Rain water conductor offset



- April 26, 1932. E w BOQSEY 1,855,438

RAIN WATER CONDUCTOR OFFSET Filed Sept. 22, 1950 ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 26, .1932

UNITED STATES PATENT \GFFIQE EDWARD W. N. BOOSEY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN RAINWATER connection OFFSET Application filed. September 22, 1930. SerialNo. 483,464.

Heretofore, rain water conductors, -or' down spouts as they are oftencalled, ex-

tend from the cave trough to a crock at the bottom exteriorly of thebuilding which discharges to a drain line usually above the floor of thebasement.

In previous construction, such down spouts especially when on the sideof a building having a driveway, has the disadvantage of being subjectto breakage or displacement by vehicles and has the further disadvantagethat, in the case of stoppage in the drain line,

water may back up to a height above the basement floor causing damage.This invention seeks to obviate these difiiculties by providing afitting adapted to be placed in the p wall of a building and soconstructed as to take both the side and down pressure resulting fromthe weight of the down spout above the fitting, and further to provide aconstruction wherein the rain water is discharged through the usualdrain lines in the basement which are protected from back pressure inthe sewer by the usual back water check valve between the drain linesand sewer.

These and other objects and novel features of the invention arehereinafter more fully described and claimed, and the preferred form ofconstruction of a rain water conductor or offset is shown in theaccompanying lrawings in which- Fig. 1 is a diagram showing thearrangement of the down spout from the side of the building including myimproved fitting or offset and its connection with the drain lines ofbasement.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on line 22 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the external wall surface of a building andfitting supported therein.

In Fig. 1, the wall of a buildingis indicated at l and'the portion ofthe down spout is shown at 1a supported at the bottom in my improvedfitting or offset 2, the body of which extends at an agle to thevertical through the Wall of the building. This fitting is preferably ofiron and'is formed with a step or base 3 intermediate its length havingan integral face plate 4 connectedwith thebase 3-and adapted to'bepositioned practically flush with the outer surface of the building asindicated in Figs. 2 and '3. This fitting, due tothe body thereof lyingat an angle and due to the pressureof the down spout which is insertedin the hub end 5 of the fitting, has a tendency toslip in the wall andby the arrangement of the plate t and base 3 this pressure istransmitted to the wall :which'prevents longitudinal movementofthe'fitting through its aperture in the wall.

The'fitting maybe formed of two parts 2 and 264 connected either bymeansof thewell known spigot joint or in'thethreaded relation shownin Fig. 2,the parts 2a h-avl'ng the verticalend portion Son the interiorof thebuilding for connection with a conduit 7 which in turn is connected with.a fitting '8 leading 'to the drain lines of the basement. The'fittingi8may be providedwith a base 9 to take the weight ofthat portion of theconductor withinthe building and mayialso have an ordinary cleanoutplug1 1 above'the-floorline 10. It is not essentiah however, that thefittingbe'formed oftwo parts Qand Qa as'said 1: arts=obviously'may bemade integral if so desired.

It willbe observedthat, by the use of a fitting, particularly shown inFigs. 2 and 3, the

ashasnbeen Ithe;general practice, is by myimproved olfset carried to theinterior of the building to position to be connected with the drainlines of the basement.

It has been usual heretofore in placing the rain water drain line aroundthe outside of the building foundation to excavate trenches at variouspoints under the foundation which weakens the same. By my improvedfitting or offset I avoid the necessity for forming trenches under thewall and further provide a construction in which the weight of a downspout on the exterior of the building is taken by thebuilding wall andit is further believed evident from the foregoing description that othervarious features of the invention are likewise attained by theconstruction described.

Having thus briefly described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. An offset for rainwater conductors consisting of a tubular fitting, the opposite open endsof which face in the opposite direction in the same plane, the body ofthe fitting extending therebetween on an angle to the axis of the saidends, one end thereof being formed to receive an end of a rain waterdown spout, the angular portion of the fitting having a step or base forsupporting the same in a wall and further having a plate adjacent thesaid end for engaging the face'of a wall whereby the fitting is adaptedto withstand pressures both vertically and horizontally.

2. An offset for rain water conductors consisting of a tubular fittingadapted to be inserted in the wall of a building above the ground lineand to extend into the basement of a building, which consists of atubular member having its opposite open ends facing in oppositedirections in a vertical plane, the outer end having a hub for receivinga down spout and the inner end being adapted for connection with aconduit leading to the drain lines of the basement, the body of thefitting between the said ends extending at an angle to the vertical, andan integral plate adjacent the outer end of the fitting for engaging theface of a wall, and a step portion for supporting the fitting in thewall whereby the fitting is adapted towithstand pressure both verticallyand horizontally.

8. An offset for rain water conductors consisting of a tubular fittingadapted to be inserted in the wall of a building above the ground lineand to extend into the basement of a building, the body of the fittingextending through the wall at an angle to the verti cal, the saidfitting being formed of two parts adapted to be connected together inwatertight relation, a supporting element consisting of a foot or basepositioned in the wall, and an integral vertical plate adapted to engagethe face of the wall, the foot and plate preventing slippage of thefitting in the wall.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification.

EDWARD V. N. BOOSEY.

